Ubuntu Desktop Development Environment Setup

Ansible-based utility to set up a new Ubuntu Desktop machine with development and deployment tools. Tested with the following LTS Ubuntu distributions:

• 22.04 (Jammy Jellyfish)

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Features

Version Managers

Version managers are a convenient way of running multiple versions of a runtime or programming language on a single machine. When working on multiple projects, often a specific version of e.g. Python or NodeJS is required per project. Version managers dramatically reduce the effort needed to switch between different runtime/language versions. This deployment includes the following version managers for programming languages:

• nvm - NodeJS version manager
• SDKMAN - Java and Java ecosystem tooling version manager
• pyenv - Python version manager
• rbenv - Ruby version manager
• goenv - Golang version manager
• phpenv - PHP version manager

The following tooling version managers are also installed:

• tfenv - Terraform version manager
• pkenv - Packer version manager

Virtualisation

• Virtual machine manager with QEMU/KVM - Run full virtual machines
• Docker and Docker Composer - Run application containers

Developer tools

The following developer tools are installed:

• Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VSCode) - code
• GitHub CLI - gh
• Postman - API development utilities

Cloud and infrastructure management tools

• Google Cloud SDK - gcloud CLI tool
• AWS CLI (v2) - aws CLI tool
• aws-vault - AWS credential and role switching manager
• Azure CLI - az CLI tool
• kubectl - Kubernetes CLI tool
• Terraform (via tfenv version manager)
• Packer (via pkenv version manager)
• Remmina - Remote desktop access

Browsers

The following web browsers are installed:

• Brave browser
• Google Chrome

Communication & Collaboration

The following messaging tools are installed:

• Slack
• Discord
• Microsoft Teams
• Signal Messenger

Database administration tools

The following database administration (DBA) tools are installed:

• MySQL Workbench
• PostgreSQL pgAdmin

Security

The following security tools are installed:

• Keybase - Secure communications
• Uncomplicated Firewall (ufw)
• ClamAV - Virus scanner

Productivity

• Libreoffice - document creation
• Gimp - graphical image manipulation
• Inkscape - vector drawing utilities
• Xournal - PDF management
• OBS Studio - Screen recording

Installation

First Download the deploy.sh script locally:

wget -O deploy.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/voquis/ubuntu-desktop-dev-setup/main/deploy.sh

Then make the downloaded script executable:

chmod +x deploy.sh

Finally, execute the deployment script with:

./deploy.sh

Reboot machine for all changes to take effect.